Garbage can holder



Dec. 8, 1964 H. T. BLADES 3,160,380

GARBAGE CAN HOLDER Filed Aug. 16, 1963 HORACE T. BLADES INVENTOR.

United States Patent Ofilice 3,160,380 Patented Dec. 8, 1964 3,160,380 GARBAGE CAN HQLDER Horace T. Blades, 3412 2nd St, East Moline, Ill. Filed Aug. 16, 1963, Ser. No. 302,614 3 Claims. (Cl. 248-154) This invention relates generally to holders for garbage cans which retains the cans out of direct contact with the ground.

The object and general nature of this invention is the provision of a garbage can holder having means to keep the can from being toppled over by animals trying to reach the garbage in the can. A further feature of this invention is the provision of a garbage can holder having vertical standards that are adapted to extend upwardly through the handles fixed to the sides of the garbage can, and a still further feature of this invention is the provision of a holder for the lid of the garbage can in which the holder extends through the lid handle and is fixed to certain of the vertical standards of the holder.

These and other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the following description of the preferred embodiment, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which FIGURE 1 is a perspective view showing the preferred garbage holder with the garbage can shown in dotted lines and FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary perspective enlarged View showing details of a squared section on a leg.

The garbage can holder of this invention comprises a base or frame made up of a pair of crossed legs 1 and 2 held together by a screw or bolt 3 in right angle relation. At their ends the legs 1 and 2 carry looped or squared sections 4 fastened as by welding to the ends of the legs 1 and 2. Preferably the sections 4 are made of square tubing cut ofi at the proper length. The sections 4 have their upper and lower portions apertured, as at 4b and 40, to receive the lower ends of associated generally vertically extending standards. One pair of standards 6 is shorter than the other pair 7, but the standards of both pairs carry stop abut-ments 9. Also, the lower ends of the standards 6 and 7 extend well below the lower portions of the frame sections 4 so as to provide for driving the standards into the ground a substantial distance so that the standards serve to hold the sections 4 against the ground but with the legs 1 and 2 above the ground.

A garbage can, shown in dotted lines and indicated at C, sets on the legs 1 and 2 with the longer standards 7 extending upwardly through the handles 8 that are fixed to the sides of the can C. The standards 7 extend up- Wardly beyond the garbage lid L and receive the eye ends of a transverserod 10, the rod 10 being extended through the handle 11 of the lid L. The eyes of the rod fit snugly around the upper portions of the standards 7 so that the lid L may not be raised by animals trying to get access to the interior of the garbage can, yet the lid may readily be removed manually by raising both eye ends of the rod 10 simultaneously.

- Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garbage can holder comprising a pair of crossed legs forming a frame, ground engaging members fixed to the ends of said legs and spacing the legs above the ground, said members being apertured vertically, generally vertically disposed standards having lower portions extending downwardly through said apertures a distance suficient to' enter the ground for holding said holder against displacement, said standards being peripherally arranged to receive a garbage can therebetween, shoulders on the standards adapted to contact the upper parts of said ground engaging members whereby when said standards are driven into the ground said legs are held against displacement.

2. A garbage can holder as defined in claim 1, further characterized by certain of said standards being longer than the others and adapted to extend upwardly through the handles at the sides of the can, and means extending across from one of the longer standards to the other for holding the garbage can lid in place.

3. A garbage can holder as defined in claim 2, further characterized by lid-holding means comprising a rod extending transversely from the upper end of one of said longer standards to the upper end of the other longer standard, said rod adapted to extend through the handle of the garbage can lid.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,260,570 11/41 John 248147 2,3 04,810 12/42 Fetterman 248-l5 3 2,673,053 3/54 Kilian 248 -153 2,7 23,099 11/55 Smith et a1. 248-150 CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner, 

1. A GARBAGE CAN HOLDER COMPRISING A PAIR OF CROSSED LEGS FORMING A FRAME, GROUND ENGAGING MEMBERS FIXED TO THE ENDS OF SAID LEGS AND SPACING THE LEGS ABOVE THE GROUND, SAID MEMBERS BEING APERTURED VERTICALLY, GENERALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED STANDARDS HAVING LOWER PORTIONS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID APERTURES A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO ENTER THE GROUND FOR HOLDING SAID HOLDER AGAINST DISPLACEMENT, SAID STANDARDS BEING PERIPHERALLY ARRANGED TO RECEIVE A GARBAGE CAN THEREBETWEEN, SHOULDERS ON THE STANDARDS ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE UPPER PARTS OF SAID GROUND ENGAGING MEMBERS WHEREBY WHEN SAID STANDARDS ARE DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND SAID LEGS ARE HELD AGAINST DISPLACEMENT. 